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[–] somename@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago

I think you have to be self-aware to see the meteoric rise he’s had. While luck is certainly a factor, the reason he’s stayed at where he is, is due to a ruthless optimization of his content. That requires a bit of cold analysis.

That doesn’t make him a good person. In many ways it makes him the opposite, but I do think he thinks quite a bit about his content and the medium.

[–] somename@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago

Yeah, there’s still a lot of quiet non-generative AI things still humming along in the background and being useful in their way, but those aren’t the types of AI that let CEOs dream of cutting 90 percent of their labor costs, so they aren’t talked about much

[–] somename@hexbear.net 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Hey it’s not just that. It’s also insurance, bloated medical service costs, and credit cards.

[–] somename@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This dog has been on stream for years. Why do you think suddenly now it’s “seen” for the first time, and why this story is getting circulated among all the most horrid people on the internet? Why do the people that have actually interacted with the dog say it’s obviously bullshit. Are they all lying?

[–] somename@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago

Yeah, even if you dislike Hasan, it’s so fucking obviously fake. Like, that dog has been on stream for years, and this is the first time the “shock collar” has been noticed? And Hasan just chose to shock his dog in front of thousands of people? It’s dumb as hell.

[–] somename@hexbear.net 14 points 3 days ago

Tbh I don’t even know if we can blame Israel. Hasan has an absolutely insane cult like hater sphere. Not to say everyone who dislikes him is in that, but he’s got some real freaks that do, and they organize stuff like this.

[–] somename@hexbear.net 29 points 3 days ago

Could be a variety of factors. There’s the obvious classic of the MIC needs something to self justify and loves bombing countries for oil.

It could be an intended testing ground for more involved conflicts, like hawk’s promised war with China or Iran. Ukraine is certainly taught them a lot, but that’s not the same as the actual US military getting experience in actual war again.

Could also just be rampant Nazi xenophobia brain rot driving them to find some “easy win” in their mind. Not that invading would be easy.

[–] somename@hexbear.net 15 points 5 days ago

She’s kind of like traumatized girlboss Napoleon

[–] somename@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

That’s fair. I’m just skeptical of deliberate “leaks” fed to the media ecosystem in this manner.

[–] somename@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

According to a State Department cable, to be clear. It’s unclear if this is real or just anti-Cuba agitation,

[–] somename@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Me talking finer points with other communists, versus defending China against the libs at large

[–] somename@hexbear.net 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Joining Italy for some Girlboss Fascism

 

Love my non-political anime

 

Great interview. It shows how much of a soulless psychopath Ritchie Torres is. Honestly crazy this interview happened.

 

Two people were detained at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus last night, April 30, during an attempted screening of the new documentary The Encampments (2025), according to local reports and a university statement. Videos posted on social media show dozens of university police officers storming the campus in full riot gear at around 9pm as a group was gathering for the unofficial screening, hosted by the school’s suspended Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter.

The independent student-run community news platform Poppy Press reported that one of the two individuals detained during the screening shutdown was taken to the emergency room for injuries. Hyperallergic was unable to independently verify this or whether the two people detained were UCLA students.


Some videos of the incident.

https://nitter.tiekoetter.com/SJPatUCLA/status/1917817727554838723#m

https://nitter.tiekoetter.com/dailybruin/status/1917806471649321270#m

 

Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers are rejecting a tentative labor contract its leadership struck with the Postal Service. In total, 63,680 NALC members voted against the tentative agreement for the 2023-2026 contract, and 26,304 voted in favor. NALC President Brian Renfroe said in a statement Friday that NALC has notified the Postal Service management about the vote’s outcome.

“In a democratic vote, the will of NALC’s membership has been made clear — the tentative agreement that represented the best offer the Postal Service put on the table is not good enough for America’s city letter carriers. We have earned more and we deserve more,” Renfroe said.

Under the tentative agreement, letter carriers would get retroactive 1.3% pay raises for November 2023 and November 2024, and would receive another 1.3% pay raise in November 2025. Letter carriers would’ve received three of the seven COLAs retroactively, as a lump sum payment, and would receive additional COLAs each March and September for the duration of the contract.

Build a Fighting NALC, a coalition of letter carriers advocating for a more inclusive collective bargaining process for rank-and-file employees, is calling for $30-an-hour starting pay, an end to mandatory overtime and full COLAs for all bargaining unit members.

 

Amber on Chapo. Amber.

 

This lady led a secret coup to depose the bourgeois government of the United States, installing a council republic with minimal bloodshed. Now, the next phase comes, to secure revolutionary power, and quell the counter revolution.

Girls rock.

 

Republican senators were alarmed and relieved when they learned that their colleague Sen. Joni Ernst had choked during a party lunch on Thursday and was rescued by Sen. Rand Paul, who gave her the Heimlich maneuver.

Ernst appeared to be making jokes about the experience on social media, tweeting, “Can’t help but choke on the woke policies Dems are forcing down our throats. Thanks @randpaul!”

“I didn’t actually see it,” said Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican of Texas. “We’ve had that happen one other time to one of our members. It’s kind of scary.”

Thank God. We almost had a tragedy. Imagine losing two American heroes in one day.

Thank you for your service, Mr. Paul. 07

 

In a move that critics are calling “one of the most tasteless events I’ve ever heard of,” Berkeley landlords are celebrating the end of eviction protections in the East Bay city with a cocktail party. The Berkeley Property Owners Association, a trade group for rental property owners in Berkeley, apparently believes regaining the right to throw people out of their homes is cause for celebration — or at least a networking event. The “Fall Social Mixer: Celebrating the End of the Eviction Moratorium” is set for the evening of Sept. 12; the event was first spotted by Berkeleyside.

About an hour passed before protesters entered the bar, at which point multiple fights broke out, Berkeleyside reported. According to one witness, a male BPOA member who attended the event slapped a female protester in the face and pushed her. Videos of the event show other violent altercations, including a protester knocking a party attendee’s eyeglasses off and a party attendee swinging their fist toward a protester.

Statement by the Landlord association:

“We condemn the actions of hostile dissidents who disrupted a private gathering at a local restaurant to intimidate, harass, and physically assault our members who are law-abiding small business owners,” read part of a statement, which was shared with SFGATE.

"Hostile dissidents" is some interesting phrasing for local residents chanting outside of a bar.

gulag

 

In the queue of about 130 people, only 20 are male. Men aged 18-60 are not allowed to leave Ukraine unless they qualify for an exemption. Four of those waiting are young lads who look close to turning 18. To avoid the risk of mobilisation, they must leave before then. Of course, some men find ways to get out anyway, legally or illegally. On August 11th President Volodymyr Zelensky announced he was sacking the heads of the country’s regional military recruitment centres, where officials were alleged to be selling travel permits for up to $10,000. “Bribery during war is treason,” Mr Zelensky railed.

In the initial period after the invasion most men trying to get across were driven by fear, says Colonel Trachuk. Now she reckons half are looking for work. But those trying to escape military service must live at risk of being apprehended by recruitment officers and press-ganged. At the beginning of the invasion Ivan, a 42-year-old musician in Uzhhorod, contemplated enlisting, but changed his mind when he saw coffins arriving. Now, he says, he is in constant fear of being called up: “I feel like I am hanging in the air.”

 

Yehiel Indore, the man in question, was released to house arrest two days ago.

 

Sorry to :reddit-logo: post

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackWolfFeed/comments/11h14pl/721_bayesian_prior_movers_feat_jacob_bacharach/

The most recent Chapo episode covered and dunked on the New York Times and their transphobia regarding "debates" over trans healthcare. A bunch of people "just wanting to debate" rolled in, giving all kinds of wonderful takes that you can imagine.

For some reason, the mod team has been leaving their comments, and deleting some people dunking on them. Looking a little deeper, the new head mod installed after Mary was exiled is a stupidpol poster.

All in all, not great.

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